Background
Deming, Edwin Willard was born on August 26, 1860 in Ashland, Ohio, United States. Son of Howard and Celestia Velutia (Willard) Deming.
Deming, Edwin Willard was born on August 26, 1860 in Ashland, Ohio, United States. Son of Howard and Celestia Velutia (Willard) Deming.
Education public private school. Student Art Students’ League under Boulanger and Le Favre, Paris.
Painter of Indian and animal subjects (folk-lore, domestic, hunting and war). Sculptor; mural decorator. Received silver medal at Philadelphia.
Honorable mention, Buffalo Exposition, 1901.
Honorable mention, Turin, Italy, 1902. Bronze medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Won competition for 2 mural paintings, Municipal Art Society, 1906. Bronze medal, Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, 1915, “Landfall of Jean Nicholet” selected by Wisconsin and reproduced as federal three cent stamp to commemorate Wisconsin Tercentennial.
Permanently represented in Black Hawk Museum, Wisconsin History Society, Madison, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum Natural History, National Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences, Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis, Milwaukee Museum, National Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, Museum of the American Indian, Montclair (New Jersey) Art Museum.
Captain, United States Army. Senior officer camouflage department of Infantry School of Arms, Camp Benning, Georgia.
Member Society Mural Painters (life), Society Washington Artists, Ethnological and Anthropological Society, Society of America Military Engineers, Society of New York Artists, Society Indian Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, Ohio Society in New York, Bison Society, Oregon Trail Memorial Society, District of Columbia Society of North Dakota. Clubs: Cosmos, Arts (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Therese Osterheld, October 22, 1892. Children: Alden O., Kathryn O., Henrietta Hall, John O., Hall Mather and Edwin Willard (twins).